Written by

Ben Fredrickson
| Knoxville News Sentinel

While Cuonzo Martin and his players tend to block out mentions of the Rating Percentage Index, Jon Gilbert admits he checks in daily on the formula the NCAA Tournament selection committee uses to help rank and seed teams.

Gilbert, UT's executive senior associate athletics director, is the man in charge of the Tennessee men's basketball schedule. So when fans look at the slate of games and wonder why the Vols close out the non-conference portion of their season against a Division II team they haven't played in the regular season since 1944, Gilbert is the guy to ask.